Publications

In Progresss

  1. The 2025 Mw 8.8 Kamchatka megathrust earthquake: evidence of an extended rupture from teleseismic back-projection and hydroacoustic observations
    de Melo, G. W. S.., Vera, F., Tilmann, F., Grevemeyer, I., Kopp, H. (In preparation).
  2. Transpressive oceanic step-over deformation along the Atobá Ridge, equatorial Atlantic
    de Melo, G. W. S.., Maia, M., Grevemeyer, I., Cesca, S., do Nascimento, A. F. (In preparation).
  3. Hydroacoustic Pn velocities reveal thermal control of the uppermost mantle beneath the Mendocino Fracture Zone, Eastern Pacific
    de Melo, G. W. S.. (In preparation).
  4. Climate-change conditioned earthquake-triggered rock slope failure on Jan Mayen Island, Arctic Ocean
    de Melo, G. W. S.., Hermanns, R. L., Bendle, J. M., Grevemeyer, I., Cesca, S., do Nascimento, A. F., Ottemöller, L., Aslan, G., Brissaud, Q., Oye, V., Kopp, H. (In review).
  5. Efficient T-Wave Generation from Small-Magnitude Earthquakes in the Continental Margin of Brazil
    de Melo, G. W. S.., Tavares, A. C. (In review).

Published

  1. Seismicity and thermal structure of the St. Paul Transform System, equatorial Atlantic: Insights from focal depth analysis
    de Melo, G. W. S.., Grevemeyer, I.., Liu, S.., Maia, M.., Rupke, L. (2025).
    Solid Earth
    https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-1059-2025
  2. Relationship between rupture length and magnitude of oceanic transform fault earthquakes
    de Melo, G. W. S.., Grevemeyer, I.., Lange, D.., Metz, D.., Kopp, H. (2025).
    Geophysical Research Letters
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112891
  3. The 2020 Mw 6.6 Vernadsky transform earthquake sequence: rupture and Coulomb stress changes surrounding an oceanic core complex
    de Melo, G. W. S.., Mitchell, N. C.., Sokolov, S. Y. (2024).
    Marine Geophysical Research
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-024-09558-z
  4. A Pn magnitude scale mb(Pn) for earthquakes along the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge
    Kim, W. Y.., de Melo, G. W. S.., Assumpcao, M. (2024).
    Geophysical Journal International
    https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae242
  5. The singular St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago, equatorial Atlantic
    Campos, T. F. C.., Sichel, S. E.., Maia, M.., Brunelli, D.., Motoki, K.., Magini, C.., Barão, L. M.., Vargas, T.., Szatmari, P.., Fonseca, E.., de Melo, G. W. S. (2022).
    Meso-Cenozoic Brazilian Offshore Magmatism
    https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823988-9.00003-4
  6. Oceanic seismotectonics from regional earthquake recordings: The 4–5° N mid-Atlantic ridge
    de Melo, G. W. S.., Mitchell, N. C.., Zahradnik, J.., Dias, F.., do Nascimento, A. F. (2021).
    Tectonophysics
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229063
  7. Uppermost mantle velocity beneath the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge and transform faults in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean
    de Melo, G. W. S.., Parnell-Turner, R.., Dziak, R. P.., Smith, D. K.., Maia, M.., do Nascimento, A. F. (2021).
    Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
    https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200248
  8. Earthquake magnitude relationships for the Saint Peter and Saint Paul archipelago, equatorial Atlantic
    de Melo, G. W. S.., do Nascimento, A. F.(2018).
    Pure and Applied Geophysics
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-017-1732-6